Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-03-12
SEEKING NEW LOCATIONS.
The Effect Of the Growth Of the City
ON the Churches.

NEW CHURCHES IN THE EoRTHwEsr-soSEY PROM
IsEp FOR ERECTING A NEW N. q. caURcH-THE
MOVE OF The NINTH STREET n. r. coNGBEGA-
qi0N-BusINESS PLACgs CRowDISG UPON CHURCH
STRUCTURES, &C.
The northwestward march OF Improvement, and
the encroachment OF business houses upon streets
In the center OF the city that were formerly quiet
residence streets WILL it is thought, have consid-
cradle eject on the location OF churches. In some
cases the congregations have been gradually, in q
literal sense, moving away from the churches
with the erection OF residences in the north
west secuon the churches have not heretofore
kept pace. The Presbyterian Church OF the
Covenant cameintoexistence through demand for
church OF that denomination I'm the northwest
section. A new Catholic church has just been
erected at 18th and streets and other denoni-
nations are looking for eligible sites in that
u uo; ~ Is CONTEMPLATED by some OF the leading
MeIhodst famliies OF that section 10 have a
church ediice there In keeping with the surround
ingS the present 18th street Church formerly Mt.
Eionl oeing an unpretentious frame structure. IL
PROMISED Tor the project or rebuilding MI. Zion.
METROPOLITAN AND WESLEY
In tnls connection IL may be stated that quite q
number OF the members OF the Metropolitan con-
gregation live in the northwest. In case they
Withdraw 1t is thought that METROPOLITAN and
wesley would be too close for chur hes of the same
creed and faith, and drawing their congregations
from the same section. IL is understood that the
Wesley Chapel property is becoming very yalua-
oie Ior business purposes, and that a good round
sum can be obtained for is should the convrega-
tion ever desire TO sell H.. So closely however is
the building identified with the early days OF
Metnodlsm In this city, and the people have such
veneration for the building, that they would be
very reluctant to sell IL, although business places
were built up to its very doors There are some OF
the denomination, however, who would like 10 see
Wesley sell out and its dow u town membership
unite With the Metropolitan church.
THR CENTRAL" n. p. CHURCH
the Ninth Street Methodist Protestant church,
which was erected over fifty years ago, on 9th
street, between and F. has been SO crowded by
business places for twenty years or more as to
make II extremely undesirable as a house OF wor-
snip, and recently the congregation purchased a
Lhe ouiidihg site az the corner OF Eth and
streets northwest This they will improve during
the coming season by the erection OF a chapel, 81
constructed that IL will form part or the church
building when the structure is finally cornpletei.
Anticipating this move, the name OF the church
has been changed to 1.-THE central Methodist
Protestant Church." The first edifce OF this con-
gregattOn Was a frame building on 18th street. be-
tween and ii, then known rs the Tabernacle.
The next was on the present location. Now alter
nifty years existence, they propose TO return 10
18th street and locate at point which, when the
congregation left that street and for many years
afterwards, was regarded as in the country. IL is
no new Thing TO change the location OF churches
In this District, but the Methodsts usually mold 10
tnelr sites tenaciouSy, ana the locations OF but
few churches OF that denomination have been
cuangeu III the history or tue city.
CHANGES IN LOCATION,
Some years ago the Southern VI. z. church
worshiped near the site OF the Riggs market, p
street, between 14th and 10TH. They then moved
to NJ street, between 9th ard 10th, and. selling
their building 10 the Christian church, erected MI.
vernon Place church. Trinity Episcopal church
once used what Is now the Columbia Law buidl ng
on 9TH street. The First Presby terian church nov
on street, wasOrganized on South Capitol street.
In ,ie building used for many years by the Israel
Lsnln r..h Ila..I
congregation had for IT'S church edlfice what 4
Row known as Willard hall. Tie First BAPTIST
Medical museum before the erection OF the edifiCs
on 18th street.